Marriage in The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale The views of marriage expressed in both Prologue and Tale are those of the Wife; whether they are also Chaucer's is debatable: others of the pilgrims tell tales giving views of marriage, but none can speak from such extensive personal experience as the Wife of Bath, and this experience is the subject of her lengthy and chaotic prologue. The vitality of Chaucer's portrait of the Wife, and the assurance he gives her in asserting the case for wives' ...

Television viewing is a very important part of our student's lives. There is a big issue on whether it should be allowed in our public schools. It should be allowed to some extent, all depending on the age group. I think age is very important when it comes to viewing TV in school. The students should be divided into three age groups: young, teen and adults. These age groups can help us distinguish what kind of viewing will be allowed, if any. TV Viewing can be a very good learning experience for...

Using the concept of a 'world view', identify some of the beliefs and attitudes, particularly to education and learning, that you bring to your learning now. Reflect critically on how your world view has been shaped by factors such as your gender, age or community. Individuals see the world in unique and varied ways. Factors such as educational experiences, ways of knowing, personal responsibility and family structure have influenced my beliefs and attitudes. A world view results from the proces...

What alternative does Aristotle offer to Plato's claim that learning is recollection? Where would Aristotle locate the mistake in Plato's argument in The Phaedo? In his dialogues The Phaedo and Meno, Plato, through the form of Socrates, puts forth the idea that all learning is recollection. In The Phaedo, to prove that the soul is immortal, Socrates asserts the view that all learning is recollection and we simply need to be reminded of facts that our immortal souls are aware of. In Meno, Socrate...

Chasing Amy is a movie that uncovers the hardships we find within the confusion of love and sex in our lives. Sometimes the line between love and sex seems almost invisible, but the differences and complications of understanding that are quite clear in this movie. The issues presented in Chasing Amy are directly related to the discussions of "Politics of Sexuality" as well as everyday life in our culture. Our culture, in contrast to Ancient Greece, uses sexuality to characterize people by their ...

How we see and understand things constantly alters and reforms. Time and experience allow us to develop and change our attitudes and perceptions of everything: people, events, ides, and even ourselves. Most of the time we are not overly conscious of this occurring but nonetheless, it is occurring. Indeed it is a natural process and not something that can be easily stopped or controlled. If you think about what you viewed as important in the world when you were five, ten and fifteen you will have...

War in any form is a ruthless machine that destroys the lives of young people all over the world. In the book, All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque. Paul's view of the war is a far cry from Kantorek's view due merely to actual experience. Paul has seen the brutal aspects of war and Kantorek never experiences a moment of it. Kantorek, unlike Paul had no bad thoughts of the war". ' What had Kantorek written about you?' Muller asks him. He laughs. ' We are the Iron Youth. ' ' Thi...